Stencil-holder



Patented Oct. 14, 1884'.

Y W. H. PERKINS. STENGIL HOLDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

IALTER H. PERKINS, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

STENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,639, dated October 14,1884.

.Application tiled November 15, 1383. (Model.) r

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. PEREINs, of- Reading, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Stencil-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved device whereby a number of stencil-plates can be held in a series and conveniently applied to a bale, boY, or other article to be marked.

The invention consists in the improved stencil-holder which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a top view of my improved stencil-holder. Fig. l represents a stencil-plate detached from the holder. Fig. 2 represents an edge View of the same. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section on line x x, Fig. l. Fig. 4. represents a transverse section of aV modification. Figs. 5 and 6 represent, respectively, a transverse section and top view of another modication.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the gures. I

In carrying out my invention I provide an open frame, a, composed,preferably, of flexible metal side strips and end cross-pieces. Said frame is adapted to support the ends of several stencil-plates, b, said plates extending across the opening inclosed by the frame. I also provide means for detachably securing the plates b to the frame. The preferred means are shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, and are composed of a series of pins, c, rigidly secured to the frame a, and projecting upwardly fromits upper side, and a clamping-fram'e,fd,fhinged at ff to the frame a. The stencil-plates are provided with orifices g g, adaptedto' coincide with the pins c, the pins entering the orifices when the plates are properly laid on the frame a. The clamping-frame d, which is of the same size as the frame a, is laid upon the nppersurface of the stencils and confines them against the frame a. The swinging end of the clamping-frame is detachably secured to4 the frame a, preferably by means of a button, h, on the frame a, said button passing through a slot, z', in the clamping-frame. One end of the frame a is provided with a hook or hooks, j, adapted to engage with the surface of a bale of cotton or other article and hold that end of the frame. Y

` of the frame a, and clamped against the latter by the clamping-frame d, the operator engages the hooks j with the bale or other article to be marked, and then grasps the handle 7c, the hook enabling him to control the device with one hand, leaving the other free to use the marking-brush.

The flexibility of the frame when made of iiexible metal strips, as preferred, enables it to readily conform tothe curved surface of a cotton or other bale.

I do not limit myself to the provision of pins c on the frame a, to secure the stencilplatesfrom lateral displacement. If desired, the frame a may have shoulders a, as shown in Fig. 4, adapted to bear against the ends of the stencil-plates and prevent them from slipping crosswise. The clamping-frame may be dispensed with, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and in lieu thereof buttons o may be pivoted to the frame a, the stencil-plates being provided with slots p, to receive .said buttons, as shown in Fig. 6.

I am aware that it is not new to clamp a series of stencil-plates between two sections or marginal frames; hence I do not claim such invention, broadly.A

I claiml. A stencil-holder composed of a fieXible open frame provided with means for holding a series of stencil-plates, the flexibility of the frame enabling it toconform to curved surfaces, as set forth.

2. A stencil-holder composed of a two-part frame or clamp adapted to hold a series of stencil-plates between its parts or members,

rand provided at one end with a hook or hooks adapted to engage with a cotton-bale or other article to be marked, as set forth.

3. A stencil-holder composed of a two-part frame or clamp adapted to hold a series of stencil-plates between its parts or members, and provided at one end with a hook or hooks, and at the other end with a handle, as set forth.

4. A stencil-holder compcsed of the main ICO frame a, having a series of pins adapted to e11- ter corresponding holes in a series of steneil- )lates and the clam )intr-frame d hinfred at T one elid to the main lfraitile, as setfortl. WALPER H PERKIA S 5 5. A steneihplate having holes adapted to Witnesses:

receive pins in a frame o1' holder, as set forth. G-Eo. ABERT,

In testimony whereof Ihzwe sgnedmyname NV. P. POPE.

to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. 

